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11 Cancelled Shows We STILL Wish Would Come Back

It's been magical watching Arrested Development get resurrected, hasn't it? (Click here to see a grown-up Michael Cera on set, and here to see a snap from the first day of shooting.)

It's a TV miracle. And I don't mean to be greedy, but... I am greedy. And all this AD 2.0 stuff has got me obsessing over those favorites of yore that were axed too soon... and that, I think, could use another crack at the small screen.

Writing these up--in no particular order, by the way, I mourn them all equally, much like Bob from Office Space celebrates Michael Bolton's entire catalog--brings back the WTF moments all over again. Pour one (coffee/tea/Diet Coke/whatever you drink at work) out for these gone-too-soon shows:

Freaks and Geeks

Obviously. The coming-of-age show with the killer ensemble and so-true-you-cringe stories is pretty much THE missed TV opportunity of all time. (A young Jason Segel in the clip above: divine.)

My So-Called Life

When you think about the impact this show had on your young life, it's near impossible to believe that it only ran for 19 episodes.

Undeclared

Judd Apatow couldn't win on campus, either. Undeclared, while it doesn't have quite the rabid indignant following of Freaks and Geeks, is probably the best show about college, ever. Just like F&G, it only got one season.

Road Rules

OK, I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I'm still struggling through each season of The Real World. It's horrible--so how much worse could Road Rules be? That's a weak rationale for bringing something back, but hey, there's also the fact that The Challenge needs new blood. I bet MTV's thought of this, but they're waiting for gas prices to come down.

Reunion

As The O.C. began to wind down, my college roommates and I became obsessed with a new Fox show called Reunion. It had a high school reunion, and a big mystery, and LOTS of secrets, and Chyler Leigh! What was the problem here, Fox? They pulled the plug way too soon, and we were left to scream, "But we JUST learned that the supposedly-paralyzed hot guy can walk! Noooooo!"

Privileged

I was a total sucker for this show, in which Joanna Garcia played a journalist/tutor to superrich brats (hello, Lucy Hale!).

Flight of the Conchords

OK, this situation's a little different, 'cause I think Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement ended their labor-intensive musical comedy on their own turns. Does that mitigate my desire for more poor-hipster fun? No, not one bit.

Lipstick Jungle

And so begin my complaints aimed directly at NBC. This show bowed the same season as lookalike Cashmere Mafia and, in my opinion, immediately blew it out of the water. Come on, these girls were amazing. I guess the silver lining is I don't spend as big a chunk of time each week being jealous of Lindsay Price.

Kings

I got quickly, seriously into Kings, with its futuristic world and super-high concept and thinly-veiled commentary on modern society. And then, just as quickly, it was gone. Don't you serve me Ian McShane and Sebastian Stan on a platter and then yank it back, NBC. How dare you.

Perfect Couples

OK, personally, I wasn't enamored with this show, but it was a nice enough transition in my Thursday night comedy block (uh, it beat the crap out of Outsourced, that's for sure). And I know a lot of people who truly loved it. So this is for you, spurned Perfect Couples diehards. Psst, you can see two out of three of the husbands in the movie Bachelorette this fall.

Best Friends Forever

Our latest heartbreaking casualty. The wounds are still fresh. Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair for life. Can't someone pick this up? Are you there, TBS? It's us, BFF fans.